The APRA Music Awards have wrapped up for another year, with RÜFÜS DU SOL, Sampa The Great, and Flume emerging as the big winners of the evening. Flume took out one of the top gongs, the peer-voted Song of the Year, with ‘Say Nothing’ – which only a few months ago clinched the top spot of the Hottest 100.
RÜFÜS DU SOL took home Songwriter of the Year for their work on 2021 album Surrender and Most Performed Dance/Electronic Work for ‘On My Knees’, while Sampa The Great picked up the award for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year.
Flume: ‘Say Nothing’ feat. MAY-A
The Kid Laroi (and Justin Bieber) picked up a couple of gongs as well, winning in the Most Performed Australian Work category and also the Most Performed Pop Work.
The prestigious Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services To Australian Muisc was awarded twice this year: to trailblazing promoter Colleen Ironside, and songwriter Colin Hay. Ironside, who died in 2022, was honoured with a speech by fellow promoter Michael Chugg.
Colin Hay delivered a warm and funny speech in front of the crowd at Sydney’s convention centre, and was even thanked personally by Ringo Starr who beamed in a message from overseas.
See the full list of winners below.
APRA Music Award Winners 2023
Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year
Say Nothing (feat. MAY-A) by Flume, co-written with Sarah Aarons
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Colin Hay and Colleen Ironside
Songwriter of the Year
RÜFÜS DU SOL
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
Sampa the Great
Most Performed Australian Work
STAY by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
Most Performed Alternative Work
Hurtless by Dean Lewis, co-written with Jon Hume
Most Performed Blues and Roots Work
We Deserve To Dream by Xavier Rudd
Most Performed Country Work
God Took His Time On You by Casey Barnes co-written with Kaci Brown and Samuel Gray
Most Performed Dance/Electronic Work
On My Knees by RÜFÜS DU SOL
Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap Work
LET’S TROT! by Brothers and Joel Fletcher
Most Performed Pop Work
STAY by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
Most Performed R&B / Soul Work
Still Dream by Miiesha, co-written with Lucy Blomkamp and Stephen Collins
Most Performed Rock Work
Struck By Lightning by The Chats
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas
Dance Monkey by Tones And I
Most Performed International Work
As It Was by Harry Styles, co-written with Thomas Hull and Tyler Johnson
Licensee of the Year
Triple M
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